Work and everything in between have made me so tired throughout my day, so tired to even write a couple sentences here or even worse check my e-mails every day. Well I have definitely become a work-a-holic now. Oh and a small rant on the side, it's been a few months since I've actually been out to a lounge or club. I recently went to the Power Plant Live in Baltimore with my man to a very long overdue rain check. We were both ready to go out clubbing and dancing, until I saw an appalling sight. I was appalled to see how some people dance now. Is it just me or are people pumping their fist in the air now?? Has the Jersey Shore spread their way to the average people's dances now??? Ridiculous!! Maybe that's why I don't really go out in Baltimore much. Sorry Baltimore, your nightlife hasn't impressed me.
Anyway, that's just my rant for the day. So now on to what I wanted to talk about. Recently I have fallen in love to a new type of music to my ears, thanks to my man's introduction. The music has a tropical urban guitar flair, definitely Latino. It's definitely not something I have heard on America's Top 40s yet, but it would be a great variety to have. The music I'm referring to is Bachata.
Oh I have fallen in love with bachata as I have with anything else that I love, like I do with corn, and my friends definitely know how much I love corn. Okay, so I know bachata is definitely not new. But after living most of my life in Florida and if you live in Florida you know about Reggaeton, I am just surprised that I haven't heard about bachata before. Bachata originated in the Dominican Republic and is comprised of five instruments. These instruments are the lead guitar, rhythm guitar, electric bass guitar, bongos and a guira (originating from the Dominican). Even though bachata originated in the Dominican, it has a very distinct variation of bolero music.
Apparently, bachata was first recorded after the falling of the dictator, Rafael Trujillo. Thankfully bachata slowly came to be popular from the days when censorship became obsolete. When Juan Luis Guerra won a Grammy for Bachata Rosa, it may have helped bring recognition to bachata, even though the songs there didn't reflect bachata at all. Thankfully with widespread popularity, a New York based bachata group, Aventura, definitely caught my ears with their urban mix of bachata, therefore making me fall in love with the genre.
One of the first bachata songs I heard was "Su Veneno" by Aventura. Oooh, I really love that song a lot. About bitches and poison, that's love and women, right? Ha, yeah right, but hell it makes a great song to listen to.
source: Wikipedia, YouTube
